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" Eusebius and empire : "
James Corke-Webster.
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839552
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Corke-Webster, James
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Eusebius and empire : : constructing church and Rome in the ecclesiastical history /\ James Corke-Webster.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York, NY :: Cambridge University Press,, 2019.
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, ©2019
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1 online resource (xvii, 346 pages)
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1108474071
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: 110856447X
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: 110865861X
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: 9781108474078
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: 9781108564472
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: 9781108658614
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9781108463355
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1 Eusebius, of Caesarea; Chapter 2 The Ecclesiastical History; Part II; Chapter 3 Christian Intellectuals; Chapter 4 Christian Ascetics; Chapter 5 Christian Families; Chapter 6 Christian Martyrs; Part III; Chapter 7 The Church; Chapter 8 The Church and Rome; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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Eusebius' 'Ecclesiastical History', written in the early fourth century, continues to serve as our primary gateway to a crucial three hundred year period: the rise of early Christianity under the Roman Empire. James Corke-Webster undertakes the first systematic study considering the History in the light of its fourth-century circumstances as well as its author's personal history, intellectual commitments, and literary abilities. He argues that the 'Ecclesiastical History' is not simply an attempt to record the past history of Christianity, but a sophisticated mission statement that uses events and individuals from that past to mould a new vision of Christianity tailored to Eusebius' fourth-century context. He presents elite Graeco-Roman Christians with a picture of their faith that smooths off its rough edges and misrepresents its size, extent, nature, and relationship to Rome. Ultimately, Eusebius suggests that Christianity was - and always had been - the Empire's natural heir.
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Eusebius,approximately 260-approximately 340., Ecclesiastical history.
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Church history-- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Christianity-- History.
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Church history-- Primitive and early church.
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Ecclesiastical history (Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea)
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270.1
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BR160.E55C67 2019
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